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Showing signs of excess pressure/what next?
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 249898" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p>The tool that is designed specifically for this task is the Hornady Headspace gage / comparator kit. </p><p><u></u></p><p><u><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><a href="http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=479704" target="_blank">MidwayUSA - Hornady Lock-N-Load Headspace Gage 5 Bushing Set with Comparator</a></strong></span></u> </p><p></p><p>You simply attach it to your calipers and it measures from the base of the brass to a datum point on the shoulder (different calibers use different datum radius and these are included in the kit).</p><p></p><p>This is doing essentially the same thing that Meichele is describing.</p><p></p><p>They also make a kit for measuring from the base of a loaded round to a point on the ogive that has a radius equal to your caliber. The following kit includes 6 calibers (.22,6mm/243, 25, 270, 7mm, 30) other inserts are sold separately. I use this kit to measure my loaded rounds, as measuring to the tip of most bullets is much less accurate.</p><p><u><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></u></p><p><u><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><a href="http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=231904" target="_blank">http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=231904</a></strong></span></u> </p><p></p><p></p><p> I use both kits all the time.</p><p></p><p>AJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 249898, member: 4885"] The tool that is designed specifically for this task is the Hornady Headspace gage / comparator kit. [U] [SIZE=3][B][URL="http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=479704"]MidwayUSA - Hornady Lock-N-Load Headspace Gage 5 Bushing Set with Comparator[/URL][/B][/SIZE][/U] You simply attach it to your calipers and it measures from the base of the brass to a datum point on the shoulder (different calibers use different datum radius and these are included in the kit). This is doing essentially the same thing that Meichele is describing. They also make a kit for measuring from the base of a loaded round to a point on the ogive that has a radius equal to your caliber. The following kit includes 6 calibers (.22,6mm/243, 25, 270, 7mm, 30) other inserts are sold separately. I use this kit to measure my loaded rounds, as measuring to the tip of most bullets is much less accurate. [U][SIZE=3][B] [URL]http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=231904[/URL][/B][/SIZE][/U] I use both kits all the time. AJ [/QUOTE]
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